The good folks at Quinnipiac University are out with the latest survey, and the top line is not surprising: nearly 90 percent of New Yorkers say that the state government is “broken and needs to be fixed.”

But there is hope. Nearly 60 percent of New Yorkers–and 46% of Republicans–are optimistic about Andrew Cuomo’s tenure in the Capitol, even if only 45 percent of voters think he will fix state government. And 57 percent of…

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